Wednesday 24th - Thursday 25th April 2024

STM | A Report from the Future

This is the STM US Annual Conference 2024 where we will journey to the future — exploring the world of scholarly communications as it might exist in the years to come. Different stakeholders will describe the future of research and its output, and we will discuss the obstacles we need to overcome — legal, technical, social, political — and the actions we need to take to get there, including what is already in progress.  Here, we will convene not just to peer into the possibilities, but rather to actively shape the future of scholarly communications as an inspired STM community. Will you join us? 

What's this? STM's Annual US Conference is an inspired convening of individuals and organisations committed to advancing trusted research — academic publishers, learned societies, funders, university presses, government bodies and innovators — from across the globe for two days of inspired networking, learning and ideation. Join us in Washington DC on April 24 - 25 to hear from speakers and panelists across a broad spectrum of stakeholders. Open to STM members and non-members — all are welcome — as we explore this year's theme: A Report from the Future. Register today to grab your seat — and tell your colleagues. This event tends to sell out! Come a day early and join us for the satellite event: STM Societal Impact Day on April 23 (grab seats for all three days for a bundled discount). Please note the change in venue: this year, we're convening at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. 

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 Program

Conference Chair Deborah Kahn, COPE Trustee, and Research Integrity Consultant

Wednesday 24th April 2024 - Day 1: A view from the future

 

08:00	Registration, coffee & networking
09:00	Highlights of Societal Impact Day Dana Compton, Managing Director, Publications & Standards, and Publisher, ASCE Gordon MacPherson, Director, Board Governance & Policy Development, IEEE
09:20	Opening & Welcome Sarah Tegen, Senior Vice President, Journals Publishing Group, American Chemical Society / STM Board Chair Deborah Kahn, COPE Trustee, and Research Integrity Consultant / Conference Chair
09:30	Launch of STM Trends 2028 panel Moderated by Heather Staines, Senior Consultant, Delta Think Hylke Koers, Chief Information Officer, STM Solutions Steven Heffner, Managing Director, Publications, IEEE Anita de Waard, VP Research Collaborations, Elsevier Chirag Jay Patel, Head of Sales, Cactus Communications
10:15	The second digital transformation of scholarly publishing Roger C. Schonfeld, Vice President, Organizational Strategy, Ithaka Tracy Bergstrom, Program Manager for collections and infrastructure in the Libraries, Scholarly Communication, and Museums program,  Ithaka S+R
10:45	Refreshment break & networking
11:15	Society Panel: A view from the future Moderated by: Jayne Marks, Senior Associate, Maverick Publishing Specialists Anna Troise, Chief Education Strategist, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Steven Heffner, Managing Director, Publications, IEEE Jeff Lewandowski, Director of Publishing, American Physical Society
12:00	The Funder: A view from the future Moderated by Anita de Waard, VP Research Collaborations, Elsevier David B. Berkowitz, Director of the Division of Chemistry, National Science Foundation
12.30	Lunch and networking
13:45	Special Report: Research Offices of the Future Moderated by Deborah Kahn, COPE Trustee, and Research Integrity Consultant / Conference Chair Nandita Quaderi, SVP and Editor-in-Chief, Web of Science, Clarivate
14:15	The STEM researcher: A view from the future Moderated by Deborah Kahn, COPE Trustee, and Research Integrity Consultant / Conference Chair Heather Whitney, Research Assistant Professor, Radiology, University of Chicago
14:45	The Social Scientist; A view from the future Moderated by Deborah Kahn, COPE Trustee, and Research Integrity Consultant / Conference Chair Igor Grossmann, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Canada
15:15	Refreshment break & networking
15:45	The Librarian: A view from the future Moderated by Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO Cynthia Hudson Vitale, Director, Science Policy & Scholarship, Association of Research Libraries Leo Lo, Dean of University Libraries, University of New Mexico
16:30	The Journal Editor: A view from the future Moderated by Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO Darren Roblyer, Associate Professor, Boston University
17:00	Meeting wrap-up and close Deborah Kahn, COPE Trustee, and Research Integrity Consultant / Conference Chair
17:20	Drinks Reception

Thursday 25th April 2024 - How can publishers prepare for the future?

 

08:15	Coffee & networking
09:00	How do we move to the future? Moderated by Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO & Anita de Waard, VP Research Collaborations, Elsevier Reflections and highlights from day 1: Group discussion on how to move to the future
10:30	Refreshment break & networking
11:00	Harnessing technology panel session This panel will explore ways to embrace and leverage advances in technology to better communicate scholarly research from the lab to “publication,” both within the scientific community and broader public domain. Moderated by Matthew Salter, CEO and Founder, Akabana Consulting Heather Whitney, Research Assistant Professor, Radiology, University of Chicago Stuart Leitch, Chief Technology Officer, Silverchair Chris Reid, Director, Product and Publishing Development, AAAS/ Science
12.00	Lunch and networking
13:00	Trust panel session This panel will look at the actions we need to take to ensure that we can maintain trust in scholarly outputs in both the near and long term future Moderated by Deborah Kahn, COPE Trustee, and Research Integrity Consultant / Conference Chair Sarah Elaine Eaton, Academic Director, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Education and Academic Integrity, University of Calgary Sabina Alam, Director of Publishing Ethics and Integrity, Taylor and Francis Group Alan Schiffres, Managing Director, InfoLinx
14:00	Data Management panel session Moderated by: Jayne Marks, Senior Associate, Maverick Publishing Specialists and Erin Foley, Senior Publisher Solutions Manager, Copyright Clearance Center Juliane Schneider, Research Librarian - Metadata, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Shelley Stall, VP Open science leadership, American Geophysical Union's (AGU) Jennifer Gibson, Executive Director, Dryad
15:00	Refreshment break & networking
15:30	The future beyond the article, in summary panel session: Moderated by Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO and Anita de Waard, VP Research Collaborations, Elsevier Tracy Bergstrom, Program Manager for collections and infrastructure in the Libraries, Scholarly Communication, and Museums program,  Ithaka S+R Juliane Schneider, Research Librarian - Metadata, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Igor Grossmann, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Canada Nandita Quaderi, SVP and Editor-in-Chief, Web of Science, Clarivate
16:45	Closing remarks

  Annual Conference Program Committee: Chair: Deborah Kahn, COPE Trustee, and Research Integrity Consultant Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO Anita de Waard, VP Research Collaborations, Elsevier Erin Foley, Director of Rightsholder Relations, Copyright Clearance Center Patrick Franzen, Director, Publications & Platform, SPIE Jayne Marks, Senior Associate, Maverick Publishing Specialists